ST elevation myocardial infarction

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Myocardial infarction
ICD-10	I21-I22
ICD-9	410
DiseasesDB	8664
MedlinePlus	000195

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Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology of Vessel Occlusion
Pathophysiology of Reperfusion
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Differentiating ST elevation myocardial infarction from other Diseases
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Initial Care Oxygen Nitrates Analgesics Aspirin Beta Blockers Antithrombins The coronary care unit The step down unit STEMI and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Pharmacologic Reperfusion Reperfusion Therapy (Overview of Fibrinolysis and Primary PCI) Fibrinolysis Reperfusion at a Non–PCI-Capable Hospital:Recommendations Mechanical Reperfusion The importance of reducing Door-to-Balloon times Primary PCI Adjunctive and Rescue PCI Rescue PCI Facilitated PCI Adjunctive PCI CABG Management of Patients Who Were Not Reperfused Assessing Success of Reperfusion Antithrombin Therapy Antithrombin therapy Unfractionated heparin Low Molecular Weight Heparinoid Therapy Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Therapy Factor Xa Inhibition DVT prophylaxis Long term anticoagulation Antiplatelet Agents Aspirin Thienopyridine Therapy Glycoprotein IIbIIIa Inhibition Other Initial Therapy Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Magnesium Therapy Glucose Control Calcium Channel Blocker Therapy Lipid Management
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Recommendations for Perioperative Management–Timing of Elective Noncardiac Surgery in Patients Treated With PCI and DAPT
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Anne-Marie Anagnostopoulos, M.D.; Debanik Chaudhuri, M.D.; Robert Salazar, M.D.

Keywords and synonyms: AMI, STEMI, heart attack, MI, myocardial infarct, acute MI, coronary, coronary thrombosis

Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology of Vessel Occlusion | Pathophysiology of Reperfusion

Diagnosis

Diagnostic Criteria | Symptoms | Physical Examination | Electrocardiogram | Coronary Angiography | Gross Pathology | Histopathology

Treatment

Initial Care

Oxygen | Nitrates | Analgesics | Aspirin | Beta Blockers | Antithrombins | The coronary care unit | The step down unit

Pharmacologic Reperfusion | Reperfusion Therapy (Overview of Fibrinolysis and Primary PCI) | Fibrinolysis

Mechanical Reperfusion | The importance of reducing Door-to-Balloon times | Primary PCI | Adjunctive and Rescue PCI | Rescue PCI | Facilitated PCI | Adjunctive PCI | CABG | Management of Patients Who Were Not Reperfused | Assessing Success of Reperfusion

Antithrombin Therapy • Antithrombin therapy • Unfractionated heparin • Low Molecular Weight Heparinoid Therapy • Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Therapy • Factor Xa Inhibition • DVT prophylaxis • Long term anticoagulation

Antiplatelet Agents | Aspirin | Thienopyridine Therapy | Glycoprotein IIbIIIa Inhibition

Other Initial Therapy | Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System | Magnesium Therapy | Glucose Control | Calcium Channel Blocker Therapy

Discharge Care

Secondary Prevention | Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System | Cardiac Rehabilitation | Prognosis | Pacemaker Implantation | Long term anticoagulation

Complications

Overview

Ischemic Complications: Reinfarction

Mechanical Complications:Cardiogenic shock | Left ventricular aneurysm | Myocardial rupture | Pseudoaneurysm | Papillary muscle rupture | Rupture of the ventricular septum

Arrhythmic Complications: Sudden cardiac death

Embolic Complications: Stroke | DVT

Pericarditis: Post myocardial infarction pericarditis | Dressler's syndrome

Related Chapters

• The Living Guidelines: STEMI
• In suggesting edits to the guidelines, WikiDoc suggests that the following classification scheme used by the ACC / AHA guidelines. Read more about the classification scheme used by the ACC / AHA Guidelines Committee here.

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External links

• The MD TV: Comments on Hot Topics, State of the Art Presentations in Cardiovascular Medicine, Expert Reviews on Cardiovascular Research
• Clinical Trial Results: An up to date resource of Cardiovascular Research
• Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack - based on information of the Framingham Heart Study from the United States National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• Heart Attack overview from MedlinePlus
• Heart Attack Warning Signals from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• A Regional PCI and Resource Center for STEMI
• STEMI Systems' Quarterly newsletter
• American Heart Association's Heart Attack web site